Status of Ilkhan in the socio-political organization of the Qashqai Tribe

This anthropological research is related to the Qashqai tribe, which lives in southwestern Iran, and apart from the urban and rural population, it has nearly 96,500 nomadic people. This research answers the question, could the Qashqais have the same solidarity, authority, and integrity without an Ilkhan from the Shahilu family? My claim is based on the fact that the main factor of Qashqai solidarity and empowerment in southern Iran, where the majority of the population is Tajik and non-Turkish, was the Ilkhans from the Shahilu family. And with the leadership of the Shahilu family, the Qashqais could achieve such solidarity and power. The method used in this research is the literature review. The sources used in this research are mostly books, articles, and theses written in Turkish, Persian, and English in the 20th century. To answer the question, I examined the socio-political organization of the tribe. I focused on the role of the Ilkhan and sub-tribal units. My main aim was to show the status and function of Ilkhans, who belonged to the Shahilu family, in forging and keeping tribal unity. And finally, according to the result of this research, such as; The role of the Shahilu family in the formation and gaining the power of the tribe, the vital status of the Shahilu family and the Ilkhans from this family among the Qashqais, the importance of the cultural system of the tribe for the Ilkhan and the efforts to preserve and strengthen it, and the role of the Ilkhan in confirmation the Kelanters of clans, settlement of clans disputes and planning for pastoral migration, etc. There is a positive answer to my question in the literature about the Qashqai tribe.